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Ish Dugal

Managing Partner at IronArc Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Ish Dugal is a seasoned multi-stage investor with a track record of leading 6 successful IPOs, currently serving as the Managing Partner at IronArc Ventures and Founder & CIO at GoldenArc Capital. With expertise in private equity, entrepreneurship, and corporate finance, Dugal has made strategic investments in notable companies like Rubrik, Inc., DigitalOcean, and SpaceX, contributing to their growth through multiple funding rounds.

Work Experience 

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IronArc Ventures

  • Managing Partner

    2023 - Current

    AI and Infra-focused investment fund. Representative portfolio includes primary round (Series B - F) growth investments in xAI, Anthropic, Scale AI, Groq, CoreWeave, and others.

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GoldenArc Capital

  • Founder & CIO

    2018

    Private investment firm. Directs, Funds, and Co-investments. Stage-agnostic, data-driven investors in a hand full of exceptional companies. Our investments are concentrated and high conviction. My personal focus is on SaaS, cyber/infrastructure, Fintech, Deeptech & AI.

GoldenArc is a Silicon Valley based investment firm that manages VC Growth Equity & Late Stage investments.

goldenarccap.com
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Anthropic

  • Investor | Multiple Growth Rounds

    2023

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that focuses on increasing the safety of large-scale AI systems.

Raised $13,740,377,627.00 from Amazon.

anthropic.com
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Rubrik, Inc.

  • Investor I Multiple Growth Rounds

    2019

    NYSE: RBRK

Rubrik offers live data access for recovery and application development by fusing enterprise data management with web-scale IT.

Raised $554,300,000.00 from Spellman Investment Group, SharesPro, Raison, Red Lions Capital, MS&AD Ventures and Irving Investors.

rubrik.com
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DigitalOcean

  • Investor I Multiple Growth Rounds

    2017

    NYSE: DOCN

DigitalOcean provides a cloud platform to deploy, manage, and scale applications of any size.

Raised $491,275,418.00 from Empede Capital.

digitalocean.com
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Netskope

  • Investor I Growth Stages

    2020

Netskope is an IT firm that specializes in real-time security, stopping threats, protecting data, and network management services.

Raised $1,441,100,000.00 from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Morgan Stanley, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and CPP Investments.

netskope.com
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SpaceX

  • Investor | Growth Stage

    2016

    Growth stage investment made post Falcon 9 launch and pre Starlink launch

SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that focuses on reducing the costs associated with space travel by using reusable rockets.

Raised $9,770,343,846.00 from Roman Smolevskiy.

spacex.com
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Marqeta, Inc

  • Investor I Growth Stage

    2018

    Nasdaq: MQ

Marqeta is a card issuing platform that provides infrastructure and tools to help companies build and manage payment programs.

Raised $530,110,000.00 from Marqeta and Global Secure Invest.

marqeta.com
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Robinhood

  • Investor I Late Stage Rounds

    2020

    Nasdaq: HOOD

Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies with zero commission.

Raised $6,234,466,886.00 from Emergent Fidelity Technologies.

robinhood.com
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University of Maryland - Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship

  • Advisory Board Member

    2019

    Sponsor for Dugal Impact Fellowship

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